New mask. Same podcast. MCU Diaries breaks down what matters in the MCU—why it works, why it doesn’t, and how it all points to Doomsday and Secret Wars.
The MCU Diaries is Blake Larsen’s craft-first Marvel podcast and essay series for fans who love the MCU but want more than recap, lore-dumping, cameo hunting, or empty hype.
This is your hub for Mary & Blake’s Marvel storycraft coverage, including MCU podcast episodes, written essays, Multiverse Saga explainers, Doctor Doom analysis, Avengers: Doomsday coverage, Secret Wars theories, anchor beings, incursions, and the story choices that actually matter.
Each episode is an essay you can listen to: character pressure, turning points, theme, consequence, moral debt, and the machinery underneath Marvel’s biggest swings. We track what works, what doesn’t, and how those choices point toward Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
This isn’t “hey, remember when?” fandom. It’s selective Marvel coverage, big swings, strong opinions, and zero sacred cows.
Spoiler policy: We talk full spoilers for whatever Marvel movie, show, episode, or story we are covering.
If you are trying to understand where the MCU is heading next, start with the Marvel stories that define the road to Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
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The MCU’s multiverse only matters if it creates pressure. Anchor beings, incursions, variants, timelines, the TVA, and the Sacred Timeline are not just franchise mechanics — they are story rules that should force characters into impossible choices.
Doctor Doom is not interesting because he is powerful. He is interesting because he believes he is right. MCU Diaries tracks how Marvel can turn Doom, Doctor Strange, Deadpool, Loki, and the multiverse into a story about moral debt, control, sacrifice, and consequence.
Secret Wars should not be cameo bingo. It should be the place where Marvel’s multiverse chaos finally costs something. The best version of this story is about broken worlds, impossible choices, Doctor Doom, Loki’s burden, and whether heroes can save reality without becoming monsters.
From WandaVision and Loki to Doctor Strange, Quantumania, Deadpool & Wolverine, and beyond, MCU Diaries looks at what each Marvel story is really doing underneath the plot.
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Unofficial fan podcast and essay series. Not affiliated with Marvel Studios, Disney, or the Marvel productions.
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: episode 1.02 – The Star Spangled Man.
Blake discusses what it means to be “Captain America”, emotional validation versus choosing what’s right, and why there is no chance John Walker remains Cap beyond this series…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats the season 1 premiere of The Falcon And The Winter Solider — episode 1.01″New World Order”.
Blake discusses how TFWTS echoes previous MCU films, our characters defining their purpose in new world, excellent direction in the therapy session, and why the episode begins and ends with “Captain America”…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen wraps up the entire first season of WandaVision with help from special guest Mary Larsen…
Mary and Blake break down the entire WandaVision season, our favorite moments, best characters, worst moments, how it affects the MCU, and much more…
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats the season 1 finale of WandaVision — episode – 1.09″The Series Finale”.
Blake discusses why “The Series Finale” is a deeply satisfying conclusion to the operative theme of the story and it shows the viewer that not all good things must end. Rather, they must transform.
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats the penultimate WandaVision episode – 1.08 “Previously On”.
Blake discusses how the penultimate episode of WandaVision serves as an exercise in Wanda’s fragile psychology while also exhibiting a magnificent balance of exposition, plot, and character.
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats WandaVision episode 1.07 “Breaking The Fourth Wall”.
Blake discusses how the this episode drops a major MCU bomb on us, but keeps laser focus on its main character while warning us to be careful what you wish for.
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats WandaVision episode 1.06 “All-New Halloween Spooktacular”.
Blake discusses how this Malcom In The Middle version of WandaVision is a creepy experiment framed by an existential crisis where the devil’s in the details.
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats WandaVision episode 1.05 “On A Very Special Episode”.
Blake discusses WandaVision going full 80’s and why we are forced to ask ourselves, who is the real villain here and what is the cost of lies?
The MCU Diaries Host Blake Larsen chats WandaVision episode 1.04 “We Interrupt This Program”.
Blake discusses how this episode reminds us there’s a big vast world which keeps spinning outside Wanda’s sitcom bubble and connecting the two is a very hard job…
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